Descriptive Summary

University of Mississippi. Department of Archives and Special Collections.University, MS 38677, USA

Identification:

MUM00258

Location:

General Special Collections

Language of Material:

English

Abstract:

The collection contains loose materials and a scrapbook of memorabilia from Central
High School in Jackson, Miss., circa 1919-1925, kept by Mary Ellen Wilcox Larche.
Items of note include entries and notes by Eudora Welty, with whom Larche was close.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Received from Rebecca Larche Moreton, 2002

Processing Information

Collection processed by Archives and Special Collections staff. Finding aid encoded
by Kathryn Michaelis, April 2012.

Additions

No further additions are expected to this collection.

Subject Terms

Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001 -- Photographs

Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001 -- Correspondence

Central High School (Jackson, Miss.)

High school students -- Mississippi

Formats

scrapbooks

correspondence

photographs

tickets

Biographical Note

Mary Ellen Wilcox Larche attended Central High School in Jackson, Miss., in the early
1920s. As a high-school student, Larche was friends with fellow student Eudora Welty,
who later became a Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

Scope and Content Note

The collection contains loose materials and a scrapbook of memorabilia from Central
High School in Jackson, Miss., circa 1919-1925, kept by Mary Ellen Wilcox Larche.
Items of note include entries and notes by Eudora Welty, with whom Larche was close.

User Information

Preferred Citation

Mary Ellen Wilcox Larche Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams
Library, The
University of Mississippi

Access Restrictions

The Mary Ellen Wilcox Larche Collection is open for research.

Copyright Restrictions

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the
making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under
certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized
to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions
is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other
than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for,
or
later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use,"
that user may be liable for copyright infringement.